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No. 319.850. Patented June 9, 1885'.

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ARTHUR S. RICHARDSON, OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,850, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed March 19, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR S. RICHARD- soN, of Reading, in the county of MiddleseX and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a shoe having the upper and outer sole united by chain-stitches, the chain or loops of which are formed on the inner surface of the sole, the upper and outer sole bfing first connected while on a last, and

then removed from the last, and united by stitching in the manner above indicated.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved shoe, 'a part of the upper being broken away. Fig. 2 represents a view of the bottom of the sole. Fig. 3 represents an enlarged section on line 00 as, Fig. 2.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In carrying out my invention I last the upper a and inner sole, [1, right side out, and attach the outer sole, 0, to the lasted upper either by cement or by lasting-tackspreferably the former. I then remove the lasted shoe from the last and permanently connect the outer sole by a chain of stitches, made by a suitable wax-thread chain-stitch sewing-ma chine, which forms the loops or chain portions 8 of the stitches on the inner surface of the inner sole, leaving only the single-thread portions 8 of the stitches on the outside of the outer sole. These portions 3 of the stitches lie close to the outer surface of the sole, and therefore do not protrude to such an extent as to cause them to be rapidly worn away. The more bulky chain portions 8, being on the inside, can be readily covered by a suitable inner lining.

The class of work to which my invention is chiefly adapted is infants and childrens shoes. Heretofore in this class of work the uppers and soles have been turned inside out, and stitched together by an ordinary sewing-machine. My improved shoe is made without turning, and therefore is made at less expense for labor, and is not wrinkled by turning.

In all machine-sewed shoes made heretofore by stitching the upper and sole together after they have been lasted, and when they are right side out, the loops or chain portions of the stitches have been formed on the outside of the sole instead of on the inside, and as said chain portions are comparatively bulky they have to be laid in a channel formed in the o uter surface of the sole, for if laid directly on the outer surface or tread of the sole they would project so as to be rapidly worn away. Thin soles-such as are used in infants shoescannot be channeled to a suflicient depth to receive the chain portions of wax thread stitches without seriously weakening the sole,

while a slight groove of sufficient depth to receive the single-thread portions of the stitches may be made in acoinparatively thin sole without detriment.

My invention is not limited to infants shoes, but may be applied to all sizes.

I claim A shoe having the upper, inner sole, and outer sole united by machine-stitches, the chain portions of which are on the inside and the single-thread portions on the outside of the sole, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of March, 1885.

' ARTHUR S. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

CARRIE H. RICHARDSON, G. F. BROWN. 

